Evil Love Appears chapter 65

On the way to the hotel, there was a long tunnel, and Jin Chu sat in the passenger seat. The lights were bright, and he could see his own face clearly in the side mirror through the car window.

So, he stared at it for a long time, lost in thought.

From childhood to adulthood, he had always had an unusual confidence in his own beauty, but even he, in the days immediately following the birth of Nanyi, fell into a deep depression.

It’s hard to say what changed, perhaps everything changed.

His collagen was insufficient, and his eyes became tired and cloudy. He had a hard time giving birth to Nanyi. He went through a lot and ended up having a cesarean section. The pain seemed endless, and it hurt terribly after the anesthesia wore off. The scars started to proliferate, itching and painful, and he couldn’t sleep through the night.

During that time, it seemed like he was always crying.

He would wake up in the middle of the night and cry, cry when the incision hurt, and he would cry when Nanyi cried.

He had suddenly suffered too much, suffered things he had never even thought of, and it made him feel like life was completely hopeless.

There was even a time when he had said to Xu Jiale fiercely, “I hate children, I regret having Nanyi.”

The alpha who was originally feeding Nanyi with a bottle heard this and was stunned for a long time. He didn’t speak until he had finished feeding and then sat down beside him and held his hand.

“Jin Chu, I’m sorry, I made you suffer, I’m sorry. Take your time to recover, don’t rush… and, don’t dislike Nanyi, okay?”

Xu Jiale’s eyes were bloodshot, filled with fatigue, guilt, and sadness. When he spoke, his throat was hoarse.

Jin Chu looked at Xu Jiale and couldn’t help but cry again. The whole bedroom had felt desolate and heavy because of his intermittent sniffling.

It seemed to be the most difficult time for them, but in the end, they had overcome it.

So Jin Chu rarely thought about it afterward.

He didn’t like to dwell on hardships or savor setbacks. Anything unpleasant, he simply left behind.

…

After the Tesla pulled up to the hotel entrance, Xu Jiale got out of the car and handed the card to the bellboy. As he walked into the lobby with Jin Chu, who had been silent the whole way, Jin Chu suddenly spoke, “Jiale, your car smells really nice.”

He smiled, didn’t wait for Xu Jiale to respond, and continued, “It’s the scent of A-grade pheromones, right? It smells really good, even after all this time…”

The receptionist at the front desk happened to smile politely and asked, “Hello, welcome to The Ritz. Are you both checking in?”

This interruption stopped Jin Chu from speaking.

“One person,” Xu Jiale said directly.

Jin Chu glanced at him but didn’t say much. He handed his passport to the front desk.

After completing the check-in process, Xu Jiale and Jin Chu took the elevator to the reserved suite. After the bellman placed the suitcases, they slowly closed the door.

When Jin Chu turned around, he was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking outside at the abrupt darkness.

“It’s very windy,” he said, “It looks like it’s going to rain tonight.”

His voice remained soft, even somewhat cheerful.

“Jin Chu,” Xu Jiale sat on the sofa and said softly, “Let’s talk about why you suddenly came to B City.”

Jin Chu didn’t immediately answer. He turned around and sat in the chair opposite Xu Jiale. Like a child with wandering thoughts, he lowered his head and repeatedly used his fingers to fiddle with the small box of chocolates prepared by The Ritz hotel on the coffee table.

After a while, he raised his head, looked at Xu Jiale with his big peach blossom eyes, and said, “Jiale, I missed you.”

While he started normally, his eyes were slightly red by the time he reached the last word.

Xu Jiale had a premonition of this moment, but even at this moment, he still felt his heart pounding.

“After the breakup, I was very sad, but it wasn’t because of breaking up with David.”

Jin Chu continued to speak about his feelings, “I was sad because I didn’t know what to do. I told you back then that I couldn’t feel love anymore, so I wanted a divorce. My mind was heated, so I resolutely divorced. I thought that I would find love when I went out, and I really tried… but it wasn’t like that.”

“At first, there was passion, but it quickly disappeared—I felt annoyed when I saw his face and didn’t think he was as handsome as before. I didn’t want to talk because there weren’t any common topics to discuss. Originally, I thought it would be romantic to hold hands and slide down the hillside in the falling snow, but it wasn’t that fun, and it was very cold. His nose turned purple when it was frozen, and I don’t know why, but that also made me dislike it. Even when I decided to break up in the end, it was because of his nose.”

Xu Jiale had been quietly listening to Jin Chu across from him.

For a moment, he seemed to be lost in thought.

How did he feel back then?

It was only at this moment that he felt the absurdity more and more— being together for inexplicable reasons, and then breaking up for inexplicable reasons.

What had Jin Chu been thinking back then?

At this moment, he seemed a bit distracted.

He remembered that when they were dating in college, he often helped Jin Chu revise his papers. The omega was very romantic and emotional, but often lacked logical argumentation in his essays.

In life, this characteristic seemed even more pronounced. Sometimes when he listened to Jin Chu talk, he often couldn’t grasp the thread of the entire conversation.

At that time, what was he thinking?

It was at this moment that he felt more and more like a bizarre situation.

Jin Chu had always been like this, and it wasn’t surprising. What was strange was that he had never noticed it before.

“So, at the moment of the breakup, I actually felt fine, even a bit relieved.”

Jin Chu continued to express his feelings, “The sadness came afterward—Jiale, that time I called you, and you didn’t answer. In fact, I wanted to tell you then, I really missed you.”

Jin Chu peeled off a piece of green-wrapped chocolate and put it in his mouth. But even after the chocolate was swallowed completely, he remained silent.

So, with a somewhat bitter taste in his mouth, he continued, “I’ve been thinking about the time we were dating. When I was on an exchange in Europe, you would suddenly surprise me in the evening, so romantic. You said that when you love someone, you’ll do this—when you miss them, you want to see them immediately.”

“Suddenly appearing is a bit embarrassing,” Jin Chu lifted his head and sniffled, speaking softly, “But I just missed you so much, Jiale…”

When he returned to this point, his voice finally choked, and he said, “Can we go back to how we used to be?”

Seven years, being with someone for seven years, sometimes makes you believe it’s eternal.

“Jin Chu,” Xu Jiale took a deep breath and said softly, “We can’t.”

In this omega’s eyes, love seemed like a switch, something he could turn on when needed and off when he didn’t.

He thought he could be indifferent, like an old-fashioned alpha—tolerant, understanding, and forgiving. But he couldn’t.

When he said that sentence, he didn’t feel any relief; there was only desolation surging in his heart.

“Jiale…”

Jin Chu looked at him, a plea in his eyes. “Why?”

This omega didn’t seem entirely surprised, but he couldn’t help asking.

Tears began to silently flow down Jin Chu’s face, yet he remained still.

It seemed that from beginning to end, only this sentence truly left Jin Chu utterly stunned.

He fell completely silent, said nothing. He simply began to eat the chocolates on the table, one piece after another, until he had consumed all six chocolates in the small box.

Xu Jiale had no other option but to hand a tissue to Jin Chu as he left.

By the time he descended in the elevator, his heart was beating faster and faster, and what kept replaying in his mind was the way he had seen Fu Xiaoyu looking at him as Fu Jing dragged him away just moments ago— panicked, uneasy, and bewildered.

Xu Jiale’s heart began to beat violently and nervously, and he didn’t know what kind of choice Fu Xiaoyu had made when facing his angry father, just as Fu Xiaoyu didn’t know his choice.

With this thought, his mind became completely disordered.

When he reached the lobby, he couldn’t help but run. The weather outside was stormy, just like his own chaotic emotions. He ran toward Junya Mansion in the pouring rain and, at the same time, made a phone call.

The phone rang once, twice, three times.

Then it disappeared into the pouring rain.

While running and calling, it rang again. This time, it was finally answered.

“Hello!” Xu Jiale brought his phone close to his mouth and shouted, “Fu Xiaoyu! Where are you?”

“Xu Jiale.”

The voice was too quiet, and he quickly brought the phone closer to his ear, listening with a pounding heart.

“Xu Jiale!”

The voice on the other end suddenly became louder, but then Xu Jiale realized it wasn’t. The voice wasn’t coming through the phone.

He raised his head suddenly and saw a black Lamborghini parked on the road.

And Fu Xiaoyu, drenched in the rain, stood next to the car, holding a phone and gazing at him with a dazed expression.